Chris Williamson: he kept his cool under a barrage of nonsense talk from a right-wing TV host.

This Site’s friend (and friend to Jew and Palestinian alike) Chris Williamson had a hard time getting a word in edgeways when he was (allegedly) the interview subject on Julia Hartley-Brewer’s Talk TV show.

It seems he was brought on in order for her to

In answer to her question quoted in the ‘X’ post, Mr Williamson pointed out that many Jews take part in the pro-Palestine demonstrations here in the UK (of which he thoroughly approves).

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Ms Hartley-Doodah went on to demonstrate her ignorance of the Israeli apartheid system and of the definition of a concentration camp – a place in which large numbers of people, especially… persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities. They are often located in remote or isolated areas, away from public scrutiny or international intervention. They are guarded by armed forces or paramilitary groups, who exercise absolute control over the inmates and often subject them to violence. They are overcrowded and unsanitary, with insufficient food, water, medical care, and hygiene. They are designed to dehumanise and degrade the inmates, who are stripped of their rights, identities and dignity.

Looking at Gaza through the prism of the above, strict definition of a concentration camp, the similarity seems clear. Remember, the Strip is fenced in by a huge wall and guarded by the Israeli military, and Israel controls all provision of food, water and energy to it, including power for its hospitals. Hostilities between Gaza and Israel have never died down, even during so-called “peace” time.

Chris Williamson knows this. Ms Hartley-Brewer seems to be living in the la-la-land of right-wing consensus reality.

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